[Hardcorejay]

Hi, I have been looking & looking for a BIOS update as my current is over 2yrs old. But I haven't been able to find anything anywhere. Not even on the Gateway web-site. They tell me my PC is an MPC model and is no longer supported. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!


Gateway GT4022

Motherboard Manufacturer:
Company Name: First International Computer, Inc.

Motherboard ID 05/15/2006-C51MCP51-6A61HF0AC-00

Motherboard Name FIC KTBC51G


BIOS Properties:

Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD

Version 6.00 PG (NAB26GW)

Release Date 05/15/2006

Size 512 KB

Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120

Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS

Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, PnP

Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, USB

[temeteus82]

Hi there!

If gateway don't have BIOS updates then it means that there isn't one. Since the BIOS is customized for every motherboard model by the maker of the motherboard. I did a bit og googling and found that your BIOS reversion is the newest for that motherboard.

[Hardcorejay]

Oh ok. Thanks! I was wanting to upgrade my processor to a dual-core. As I believe it's the highest I can go on my PC. So does that mean I'd be able to switch it out without the BIOS update as there isn't one?

[temeteus82]

What CPU you are looking at?? The CPU slot is Socket 939 so you would get some older Athlon 64 for it.

[Hardcorejay]

Well I've been looking around to see what I can get for a s939, not many choices. I have an AMD Athlon 64 4000+ right now. I was seeing if there was something faster that I could go with. But it doesn't look like there are many choices. So I suppose I'd be better off getting a new system.

[procupine14]

Yeah at this point you may be most likely better off with getting a new system. But if you are really wanting to get a dual core for 939 I would suggest something in the 4000-5000+ range. That way you aren't going too far beyond what you have (for the sake of your motherboard) and you will still get a performance boost from having a dual core rather than a single core.